Multiway valve.



E. T. BETKER.

MULTIWAY VALVE. ,APPLlcmoN mw Nov. 2,2. 1915 Patented Feb. 6, 1917.

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To aZZ whom may concern:

Be ii: known than i, EDWARD T. Birrirnng a citizen or rho United States, residing at Kansas Ciity, in the conniy of Jackson anni Siate of Missouri, have invonied, ceriain new Iand nseni improvements in Mninivvay Vaives, of which the oiiovving is a specificafion My invoniion reiaies ilo niniiiporr vaives., andi Whiie snscepiihio to many uses is weil aiiapied io gasoiene sysienis of clothes cieaning escaioiishmenis Where gasoieno is pnrnpcci io a pinraiiiy or dry cieaning machines from a common sappig; rank, andaiier coing nscci for cicaning purposes is pumpeiihacii io saioi izanii'.

Hereioiore "it has heen cnsiornary ido provide each oioaning machine with a vaive ico.

control rhesiippiy and discharge or gasoiene ibo and such machine, hun hy using roy invention only one vaive is reqnirocil discharge sid-e and anoiher ai i'he `siiciion side or rho pump, anni the inoiiiionai vaives for rhs cieaning machines may he disponsed with.

ri'he invcnnion aiso smhodics a sirainer'io he used with my vaive on ihe snci'fion side ci the pump, for purpose or coiiocing raveiings, humoris, pins .and einer articles drained from I@he cicaning machines, so thai; such ariicies cannon iinii their Way "no vsaid snppiy tank.

in order than (che invention may he niiy understood, reierenoe v'viii now he made "no rile accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure l is a pian vievv of ehe vaive and strainer. Fig. 2 is a verticai seciion on iine H-iil or Fig. i, with the hanoiie of ihe valve adinsiedi in aiinemenf, with said secfbion iine. Fig. 3 is a detail pcrspeciive or the strainer removed Jirom the trap in which it is norniaiiy nscii. Fig. 4i is a hrokon, horizoni'ai section.V eniarged., on iine V--ILV of Fig. Q.

in consi'zrnoring my valve, li empioy a sheii l having a plurality of ports 2 radiaiing iherefrorn. Said?. porslare spaced @quai iisrances apari, except ai. one side, where a solid portion 3 is ieri in the shel so that all of `ihe ports may be cioseii by rho vaive ping Li, as wiii hereinafter appear. The borrom oit the shcii i has a contrai port 5 eni'ending y therethrough to oominunicaic with the open end of the hoiiovv vaive ping i, which has a side poriJ -a, aria ioni @o oonnnnnioaie Wim any of the ports 2. The inierior of tho she@ arrangei censraiiy ahovc a nor'o' Ars reariiiy cnt; oii? hy'rnrning she handis if 'i rammen non., o9 inra,

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i and ihe vaive ping 4r are tapered, as disciosedi hy Figi 2, no insure a snfiicienriy nigh?, joini: to prevenir, gasoienc from @owing through said joiniJo I v The vaivc ping ai is provided ai irs' cioseci v upper enoi vriih a cenicraiiy-ciisposed stein 6 and a hanoiie 7, which iarier has adonn- 'vvardiy-exieniiing poinicr 8 ai, iis forward end '55o coach with nnnierais 9, so vindiodos which ofthe poris 2 port 4i is in cornninnicafionwih. The nnrnerais are orrneii on rho sheii nap i@ 'in 'che presenb insan? ron iromM 6 791inchisive7 ih-e 0 being arranged shove thc soiic'f poroion 3, While sach of the remaining numerals is rhe pointer 8 is dirccaiy above the ne iocaion oi2 the iafcier ai, aii i oie- Aiernonieci hy the `orniera and as ehe nnnierfais i fao 51 incinsivecorrespond vviih simiiariy ciesignaffed cieaning machines inni caring'vvih she pori/s 2, in is obvious :than communication oeivveen my vaivo anni or saidl cicaning machines can he reariiiy eszahiishgeii, or such communication can he pointer 8 regisiersv/irh @he o on. cap Mi. v

The cap i@ has an npvrardiy-ezonsiing hniar po'rlion iii, iooseiy iiiiing around sioni 6 zio adir 'iz a ring i2, packing i@ anni a gianfi M. With rho foregoing arranger it is ohvions "inail proper adinsinienr she gianni M vviii ireep isha vaive ping i snngiy to ios scafi9 vvhiie @he packing i3 vviii prevenir, ieairage or gasoicnc around rhe fo Rccrrin@ now io lhe 'swrainer consii'nfiing pari oi' ine orosei/1i'. invcniion, i5 oiesig naiesa {Lrap cornnonnicaiing with ihe pori 5 through pipe connecrions i6. Said trap i5 has an inici: poro Si? communicaring 'with the pipeconneciions i557 and an onriec poni i8 cornrnnnicafaing vviih a pipe i9, whioh in onrn may communicate. with the 'pomp ahove-referreci to.' A screw cap 20, isernpioyedl fno cios@ i'ahe oppor open end or rhs fri-ap i59 so iiiafn a srrainer 2i. can he inserife ,or removed. from saioi trap when tho cap 2U is raken on. 'The strainer 2i has an iniei: pori, 22 ico communicate with the pori i? and an oiiiiec pori; 23 to communicaio with the outlet porn"J 18. A ne screen 24% is piaceoi over the ourlet port' 25 to prevent ich@ passage of impurities with the gasoicne or other iiquid passing ourward ihrough said pori?. The upper Aporibion of -he Mii strainer. 21 has a marginal iiange 25 to rest upon apirc'ular shoulder 26 in the upper portion of the trap 15, to prevent gasolene from passing between the walls of the strainer and the trap. larger area than the outlet port 18, so that it'will have approximatelyl the same capacity as said outlet port 18, and in order that the capacity ofthe screen may not4 be restricted a recess 27 is formed in the trapy 29, whereby it may be lifted from thetrap.

when it is necessary to empty said Astrainer of foreign matter collected from the. gasolene or other liquid flowing therethrough.

According to the arrangement shown in the drawing, the ports 2 and 5 constitute .theoutlet and inlet ports, respectively, of

the valve, but it is to be unders'tbod that this order is reversed when the cleaning machines, previously supplied by. the valve structure, are drained of gasolene; In

draining such machines, the gasolene passes4 from 5, through 16, 17 and 22, and enters the trap 1 5 zin which latter buttons; etc., drained from the cleaning machines are The screen 24 is of' caught and prevented from passing through 19, which latter is now the outlet, by the screen 24.

Having thus described my invention, what'I claim and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A trap having a depressed circular shoulder onits interior and beneath its top and also having a side inlet and an'outlet, a strainer in the trap having its upper end turned outwardly and engaged with said shoulder, said strainer having an inlet and an outlet, said trap having a recessed part surrounding the outlet thereof, a'screen eX- tending'over the ,strainer outlet, and a bead surrounding the` margin vof said screen and conformably fitted in the recessed part of the trap which surrounds the trap outlet.

2. In combination with a trap having an inlet and an outlet, a strainer in the trap having its top open and terminating below the top vof the trap, nterengaging means between thel strainer top and the trap top to seal the space between the two, said strainer having an inlet, arscreen extending across the stralner outlet, and interengaging means between the strainer at points' surrounding the screen and the trap outletto seal the space between the I strainer and `screen at points surrounding the screen.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature, inthe presence of two witnesses.

. EDWARD T. BE'llKER. Witnesses:

F. G. Frsom, L. J, FISCM! 

